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Blockade

Blockade Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Blockade? [n] a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy [n] prevents access or progress [v] impose a blockade on [v] obstruct access to [v] render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets" [v] hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Blockade: bar \| barricade \| block \| block \| block off \| block off \| block up \| embarrass \| encirclement \| hinder \| obstruct \| seal off \| stymie \| stymy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Blockade: abdominal epilepsy \| access \| acquired epilepsy \| activated epilepsy \| affect epilepsy \| afterthought \| akinetic epilepsy \| apoplexy \| arm \| armor \| armor-plate \| arrest \| arrestation \| arrestment \| attack \| autonomic epilepsy \| ban \| bank \| bar \| bar out \| barricade \| barrier \| barring \| battle \| beleaguer \| beleaguerment \| beset \| besetment \| besiege \| besiegement \| bind \| blank wall \| blind alley \| blind gut \| block \| block up \| blockade \| blockading \| blockage \| blocking \| bolt \| bottleneck \| bound \| box in \| boycott \| bulwark \| bung \| bureaucratic delay \| cage \| cardiac epilepsy \| castellate \| catch \| caulk \| cecum \| censorship \| chamber \| check \| chink \| chock \| choke \| choke off \| choke up \| choking \| choking off \| circumscription \| clog \| clog up \| clogging \| clonic spasm \| clonus \| close \| close in \| close off \| close tight \| close up \| closing \| closing up \| closure \| compass \| confinement \| congest \| congestion \| constipate \| constipation \| constrict \| constriction \| contain \| convulsion \| coop \| coop in \| coop up \| cordon \| cordon off \| cordoning \| cork \| corral \| cortical epilepsy \| costiveness \| count out \| cover \| cramp \| crenellate \| crowd \| cul-de-sac \| cursive epilepsy \| curtain \| cut off \| dam \| dam up \| dead end \| debar \| debarment \| debarring \| delay \| delayage \| delayed reaction \| demarcation \| detainment \| detention \| determent \| deterrent \| difficulty \| dig in \| diurnal epilepsy \| dog \| double take \| dragging \| drawback \| eclampsia \| embargo \| embattle \| embolism \| embolus \| encircle \| encirclement \| enclose \| enclosure \| encompass \| encompassment \| enshrine \| entrench \| envelop \| envelopment \| epilepsia \| epilepsia gravior \| epilepsia major \| epilepsia minor \| epilepsia mitior \| epilepsia nutans \| epilepsia tarda \| epilepsy \| exception \| exclude \| exclusion \| falling sickness \| fence \| fence in \| fill \| fill up \| fit \| fixation \| focal epilepsy \| foot-dragging \| fortify \| foul \| freeze out \| frenzy \| garrison \| gorge \| grand mal \| halt \| hampering \| hang-up \| harass \| harry \| haute mal \| hazard \| hedge in \| hem in \| hindering \| hindrance \| hitch \| holdback \| holdup \| house in \| hurdle \| hysterical epilepsy \| ictus \| ignore \| immurement \| impasse \| impediment \| impound \| imprison \| imprisonment \| inadmissibility \| incarcerate \| incarceration \| include \| inclusion \| infarct \| infarction \| inhibition \| injunction \| interference \| interim \| interruption \| invest \| investment \| Jacksonian epilepsy \| jail \| jam \| joker \| keep out \| kennel \| lag \| lagging \| larval epilepsy \| laryngeal epilepsy \| laryngospasm \| latent epilepsy \| lay siege to \| leaguer \| leave out \| let \| lock \| lock out \| lockjaw \| lockout \| logjam \| man \| man the garrison \| matutinal epilepsy \| menstrual epilepsy \| mew \| mew up \| mine \| moratorium \| musicogenic epilepsy \| myoclonous epilepsy \| narrowing \| negativism \| nocturnal epilepsy \| nonadmission \| nuisance value \| objection \| obstacle \| obstipate \| obstipation \| obstruct \| obstruction \| obstructionism \| obstructive \| occlude \| occlusion \| omission \| omit \| one small difficulty \| opposition \| ostracize \| pack \| palisade \| paperasserie \| paroxysm \| pass over \| pause \| pen \| pen in \| petit mal \| physiologic epilepsy \| pincer movement \| plug \| plug up \| pocket \| preclude \| preclusion \| prohibit \| prohibition \| psychic epilepsy \| psychological block \| psychomotor epilepsy \| quarantine \| rail in \| red tape \| red-tapeism \| red-tapery \| reflex epilepsy \| reject \| rejection \| relegate \| relegation \| repression \| reprieve \| repudiate \| repudiation \| resistance \| respite \| restraint \| restriction \| retardance \| retardation \| retardment \| roadblock \| Rolandic epilepsy \| rotatoria \| rub \| sealing off \| seizure \| send to Coventry \| sensory epilepsy \| serial epilepsy \| setback \| shrine \| shut in \| shut off \| shut out \| shut tight \| shut up \| shutdown \| shutting \| shutting up \| siege \| slowdown \| slowness \| slow-up \| snag \| soften up \| spasm \| spile \| squeeze \| squeeze shut \| stable \| stanch \| stay \| stay of execution \| stench \| stifle \| stop \| stop up \| stoppage \| stopper \| stopple \| strangle \| stranglehold \| strangulate \| strangulation \| stricture \| stroke \| stuff \| stuff up \| stumbling block \| stumbling stone \| suffocate \| suppression \| surround \| suspension \| taboo \| tardy epilepsy \| tetanus \| tetany \| throes \| thromboembolism \| thrombosis \| tie-up \| time lag \| tonic epilepsy \| tonic spasm \| torsion spasm \| traumatic epilepsy \| trismus \| ucinate epilepsy \| vertical envelopment \| visitation \| wait \| wall \| wall in \| wrap \| yard \| yard up See Also \| action \| beleaguer \| beleaguering \| besiege \| besieging \| block \| bottleneck \| check \| circumvent \| close \| close off \| close up \| close up \| filibuster \| forbid \| foreclose \| forestall \| hang \| hem in \| impede \| impede \| impediment \| impedimenta \| jam \| jam \| military action \| military blockade \| naval blockade \| obstruct \| obstruct \| obstructer \| obstruction \| obstructor \| obturate \| obturate \| occlude \| occlude \| preclude \| prevent \| shut off \| siege \| stonewall \| surround Blockade In Webster's Dictionary \Blockade"\, n. [Cf. It. bloccata. See {Block}, v. t. ] 1. The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy. Note: Blockade is now usually applied to an investment with ships or vessels, while siege is used of an investment by land forces. To constitute a blockade, the investing power must be able to apply its force to every point of practicable access, so as to render it dangerous to attempt to enter; and there is no blockade of that port where its force can not be brought to bear. --Kent. 2. An obstruction to passage. {To raise a blockade}. See under {Raise}. \Blockade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blockaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blockading}.] 1. To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under {Blockade}, n. ``Blockaded the place by sea.'' --Gilpin. 2. Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress. Till storm and driving ice blockade him there. --Wordsworth. 3. To obstruct entrance to or egress from. Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door. --Pope.

Blockade Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Blockade?

[n] a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
[n] prevents access or progress
[v] impose a blockade on
[v] obstruct access to
[v] render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"
[v] hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"

Blockade In Webster's Dictionary

\Block*ade"\, n. [Cf. It. bloccata. See {Block}, v. t.
]
1. The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the
   purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception
   of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.

Note: Blockade is now usually applied to an investment with
      ships or vessels, while siege is used of an investment
      by land forces. To constitute a blockade, the investing
      power must be able to apply its force to every point of
      practicable access, so as to render it dangerous to
      attempt to enter; and there is no blockade of that port
      where its force can not be brought to bear. --Kent.

2. An obstruction to passage.

{To raise a blockade}. See under {Raise}.


\Block*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blockaded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Blockading}.]
1. To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with
   troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing
   ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See
   note under {Blockade}, n. ``Blockaded the place by sea.''
   --Gilpin.

2. Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.

         Till storm and driving ice blockade him there.
                                               --Wordsworth.

3. To obstruct entrance to or egress from.

         Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door.
                                               --Pope.

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